4.20.2006

Studio Friday: Sparkle/Shine

I was saving this picture to go with a future post about vintage buttons. But, when I heard the Studio Friday theme this week was Sparkle/Shine, I couldn’t think of a more perfect picture to use for it.

I bought these vintage rhinestone buttons at an antique mall near where I live around Christmastime. It was snowy outside and they looked just like sparkly snowflakes. I sent some to a friend who uses them in her work and tucked the rest away in a drawer. I‘ll use them some day but, for now, I’m content to just look at them every once in a while. And now you can, too!

I have a number of those same buttons. I have a vintage jar full of them. I rarely find actual applications for them beyond fondling. So far, that seems to be enough. The other buttons that engender this behavior are the heavy, glass ones and the large mother-of-pearl....

Oh, I remember my grandmother's vintage rhinestone broaches and pins. When she gave them to me, while I still was in High School, I pinned them all to my denim jean jacket. I still have the jacket...somewhere, with all of those rhinestone pins. I loved the cross between the rustic denim and the sparkle/shine. Hmmm...gotta find that jacket.